KISS Unplugged

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MTV Unplugged
Live album by KISS
Released	March 12, 1996
Recorded	August 8, 1995
Genre	Hard rock
Length	56:07
Label	Mercury Records
Producer(s)	Alex Coletti
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
KISS chronology
Alive III (1993)	MTV Unplugged (1996)	Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions (1997)

KISS Unplugged is a KISS album featuring the group performance in MTV Unplugged.

On August 8, 1995, hard rock band KISS performed on MTV Unplugged in what fans consider an historical concert. Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons contacted former members Peter Criss and Ace Frehley and invited them to participate in the event. Fan reaction to Criss and Frehley at the Unplugged show was so positive that, in 1996, the original lineup of KISS reunited, with all four original members together for the first time since 1979. It also marked the first and only time the original lineup performed live without their trademark makeup.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Charts 4 Notes

[edit] Track listing

1. "Comin' Home" (Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley) – 2:21
2. "Plaster Caster" (Gene Simmons) – 3:17
3. "Goin' Blind" (Stephen Coronel, Simmons) – 3:37
4. "Do You Love Me" (Bob Ezrin, Kim Fowley, Stanley) – 3:13
5. "Domino" (Simmons) – 3:46
6. "Sure Know Something" (Vini Poncia, Stanley) – 4:14
7. "A World Without Heroes" (Ezrin, Lou Reed, Simmons, Stanley) – 2:57
8. "Rock Bottom" (Frehley, Stanley) – 3:20
9. "See You Tonight" (Simmons) – 2:26
10. "I Still Love You" (Stanley, Vincent Cusano) – 6:09
11. "Every Time I Look at You" (Ezrin, Stanley) – 4:43
12. "2,000 Man" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 5:12
13. "Beth" (Peter Criss, Ezrin, Stan Penridge) – 2:50
14. "Nothin' to Lose" (Simmons) – 3:42
15. "Rock and Roll All Nite" (Simmons, Stanley) – 4:20
16. "Got To Choose" (Stanley) – 4:01 (vinyl only)

[edit] Personnel

• Gene Simmons - acoustic bass guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals
• Paul Stanley - acoustic guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals
• Bruce Kulick - acoustic guitar, backing vocals
• Eric Singer - drums, backing vocals

with

• Ace Frehley - acoustic guitar, lead vocals on 2000 Man, backing vocals on Rock And Roll All Nite and Nothin' To Lose
• Peter Criss - drums, lead vocals on Beth and Nothin' To Lose, backing vocals on Rock And Roll All Nite and Nothin' To Lose
• Phillip Ashley - piano on 11
• Jon Grindstaff - conductor, string arrangements on 11

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1996	The Billboard 200	15

[edit] Notes

• Not included on the album are the unplugged performances of "Heaven's on Fire," "Spit," "C'mon and Love Me" and the infamous country version of "God of Thunder."
• The LP version of this album includes a poster and was pressed on yellow marbled vinyl.

KISS
Gene Simmons – Paul Stanley – Tommy Thayer – Eric Singer
Peter Criss – Ace Frehley – Eric Carr – Vinnie Vincent – Mark St. John – Bruce Kulick
Discography
Albums: Studio – Live – Compilation
U.S. Top 40 Singles: "Rock and Roll All Nite" – "Shout It Out Loud" – "Beth" – "Hard Luck Woman" – "Calling Dr. Love" – "Christine Sixteen" "Rocket Ride" – "New York Groove" – "I Was Made For Lovin' You" – "Forever"
Filmography: KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park – Detroit Rock City
Related articles
Anton Fig – Bob Kulick – KISS Army – KISS merchandising - KISS timeline – List of KISS concert tours – Wicked Lester